questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have died while attempting to cross the English Channel to the UK illegally in each year since 2020.
answerText: The Home Office is aware of a total of 69 persons known to have died while attempting to cross the English Channel in small boats since 2020:2020: 6 deaths reported2021: 34 deaths reported2022: 4 deaths reported2023: 12 deaths reported2024: 13 deaths repo...
heading: Undocumented Migrants: English Channel